USSR SUPERPOWER?

Question 1

Reasons for Ussr to be a superpower

Answer 1

• Soviet influence, soviet bloc and satellite states
• friendly communist regimes set up in satellite states, increases influence
• possession of nuclear weapons after 1949
• acknowledged as a superpower by the UN
• creation of “buffer Zone”

Question 2

Reasons for USSR not to be a superpower

Answer 2

• Berlin blockade and containment of communism slowed down Russia’s influence and growth to become a superpower
• After Death, superpower status died out a bit, satellite states rebelled including Hungary